#C7CD40#C7CD40

#C7CD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.158 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7CD40
RGB	rgb(199, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -19.11, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 68.62, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0589 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.158 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3114, 56.1760, 13.2530)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7CD40 #4640CD

analogous

#CD8C40 #C7CD40 #81CD40

triadic

#C7CD40 #40C7CD #CD40C7

tetradic

#C7CD40 #40CD8C #4640CD #CD4081

square

#C7CD40 #40CD8C #4640CD #CD4081

split-complementary

#C7CD40 #4081CD #8C40CD

monochromatic

#71741E #A0A52B #C7CD40 #D5DA71 #E3E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#C7CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#C7CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7CD40

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7CD40	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.158 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbdc7d',
    500: '#c7cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7cd40;
$custom-light: #dbdc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.553,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81855,
    "c": 0.15841,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7CD40

secondary

#37347D

accent

#46E24D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7CD40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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